Creation of Salesforce developer Account.

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Before discussing the basics of salesforce.com every one should be able to create an account in salesforce.com so that he/she can use the resources provided in salesforce.com. Now we go briefly what are the methods available to login in to salesforce.com and before logging in to salesforce we have to create a free developer account in salesforce.com.

We will be able to learn about these two concepts later first we go through the process of Salesforce login.

What is salesforce login

Salesforce login is the process of authenticating resources provided in the cloud through Developer account and Production Account with Username and password.

User can login in to salesforce to access Salesforce CRM application in several ways. Organization provide different ways to login methods like either by using a browser, using an integrated client application, apex data loader or by salesforce desktop client called salesforce for outlook.

Salesforce user login restriction and authorization can be made to check whether user’ profile have any login restriction or does the user’s profile have any profile IP ranges in an organization.

In this Salesforce training tutorial we are going to learn below topics.

1. logging in to salesforce.com through login.salesforce.com using a browser.
2. How to set login hour restriction in salesforce.
3. How to set IP address restrictions in salesforce.

How to create free developer account in salesforce.com

Through the URL http://developer.force.com/ we will be able to  create free developer account.

Steps to create free developer account in salesforce.com (Salesforce login).

1. First you have a valid email Id.
2. Login to http://developer.force.com.
3. Select Join Now.
4. Provide all the details specially valid email and username . Username must be in the form of a valid email format. Ex : ABC@gmail.com.
5. Now click Sign me up.
6. An email will b sent to you Email address.
7. Now activate your account by clicking the link provided in the email.
8. The link logs you into the site automatically.
9. Now set your password to your account.
10. Log out from your account.

salesforce login URL : login.salesforce.com

Enter your User name and Password to login .

How to set login hour restriction in salesforce

Login hours are set in an organization to restrict the user’s who tries to login before or after login hours.

To set login hours in an organization go to Setup=>Administration=>Manage users=>Profiles.

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Select your profile to set login hours and edit it

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Select Edit Button.

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Now go to login hours and select Edit button.

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Enter Start time and End time login time hours and Finally save the Settings.

 How to set IP address restrictions in salesforce.

IP ranges are used to restrict any login attempt is done from unknown IP addresses. Usually organizations maintain login IP ranges.

To set Login IP ranges in salesforce go to Setup=>Administration Setup=>Manage Users=> Profiles.

Now select the profile to which you want to set IP address ranges.

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After selecting edit button go to Login IP Ranges section.

login IP Ranges

Select New Button to add new  Login IP Ranges .

Setting login IP ranges

Enter start IP address and End IP Address as shown above and Finally click on Save.

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